Dundee United 2-1 Motherwell: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 23 October 2021
Result
Dundee United 2-1 Motherwell
Premiership · Saturday 23 October 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Dundee United 2-1 Motherwell: match report
Dundee United beat Motherwell 2-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 23 October 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.
Ryan Edwards opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Dundee United's goals came from Ryan Edwards (35') and Charlie Mulgrew (77'). Motherwell scored through Tony Watt (70', penalty).
Discipline: Dundee United received 2 yellow cards; Motherwell received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Dundee United were 3rd on 17 points from 9 and Motherwell 6th on 14 points from 9. Dundee United went on to finish that season 5th with 48 points, and Motherwell 6th with 46.
Dundee United lined up in a 4-5-1 and Motherwell in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ryan Edwards of Dundee United (9.0), ahead of Charlie Mulgrew (8.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Dundee United wins, 2 draws and 4 for Motherwell.
Going into the match Dundee United's last five read W-W-D-W-D and Motherwell's L-L-W-D-W.
Key events
- 34'Yellow card · Callum Slattery
- 35'Goal · Ryan Edwards
- 59'Yellow card · L. Grimshaw
- 66'Yellow card · Kevin van Veen
- 70'Penalty goal · Tony Watt
- 73'Yellow card · Jeando Fuchs
- 77'Goal · Charlie Mulgrew
- 85'Yellow card · Nathan McGinley
- 89'Yellow card · Ryan Edwards
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- David Devine
- Robbie Crawford
- Adrián Spörle
- Liam Donnelly
- Archie Meekison
- Liam Smith
- Kai Fotheringham
- Marc McNulty
- K. McDonald
Dundee United line-up (4-5-1)
Benjamin Siegrist, Kieran Freeman, Ryan Edwards, Charlie Mulgrew, Scott McMann, Peter Pawlett, Jeando Fuchs, Dylan Levitt, Ian Harkes, Ilmari Niskanen, Nicky Clark
Motherwell line-up (4-3-3)
Liam Kelly, Stephen O'Donnell, Bevis Mugabi, J. Ojala, N. McGinley, Sean Goss, Liam Grimshaw, Callum Slattery, Kaiyne Woolery, Tony Watt, Kevin van Veen